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US 7,962,261 B2Granted
Vehicle suspension
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsDariusz Antoni Bushko, Upendra V. Ummethala, Steven N. Brown
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Abstract
There is provided a vehicle suspension. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, there is provided an apparatus including an actuator system having a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wherein the actuator system provides force between the sprung mass and an unsprung mass of a vehicle.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- an actuator system comprising a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wherein each actuator of the actuator system provides active controlled force between the sprung mass and a first unsprung mass of a vehicle.
A method comprising:
- apportioning active controlled forces provided between a sprung and a first unsprung mass of a vehicle by first and second electromagnetic actuators based on either or both of static parameters associated with physical components of the vehicle or dynamic parameters associated with operation of the vehicle.
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